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<!DOCTYPE>
<a>
<abbr>
<acronym>
<address>
<applet>
<area>
<b>
<base>
<basefont>
<bdo>
<big>
<blockquote>
<body>
<br>
<button>
<caption>
<center>
<cite>
<code>
<col>
<colgroup>
<dd>
<del>
<dfn>
<dir>
<div>
<dl>
<dt>
<em>
<fieldset>
<font>
<form>
<frame>
<frameset>
<head>
<h1> - <h6>
<hr>
<html>
<i>
<iframe>
<img>
<input>
<ins>
<kbd>
<label>
<legend>
<li>
<link>
<map>
<menu>
<meta>
<noframes>
<noscript>
<object>
<ol>
<optgroup>
<option>
<p>
<param>
<pre>
<q>
<s>
<samp>
<script>
<select>
<small>
<span>
<strike>
<strong>
<style>
<sub>
<sup>
<table>
<tbody>
<td>
<textarea>
<tfoot>
<th>
<thead>
<title>
<tr>
<tt>
<u>
<ul>
<var>

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HTML <body> tag

Definition and Usage

The body element defines the documents' body. It contains all the contents of the document (like text, images, colors, graphics, etc.).

Differences Between HTML and XHTML

All "presentation attributes" of the body element were deprecated in HTML 4.01.

All "presentation attributes" of the body element are not supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD.

Example

<html>
<head>
</head>

<body>
The content of the document......
</body>

</html>

Optional Attributes

DTD indicates in which DTD the attribute is allowed. S=Strict, T=Transitional, and F=Frameset.

Attribute Value Description DTD
alink rgb(x,x,x)
#xxxxxx
colorname		 Specifies the color of the active links in the document. Deprecated. Use styles instead. TF
background file_name An image to use as the background. Deprecated. Use styles instead. TF
bgcolor rgb(x,x,x)
#xxxxxx
colorname		 The background color of the document. Deprecated. Use styles instead. TF
link rgb(x,x,x)
#xxxxxx
colorname		 Specifies the color of all the links in the document. Deprecated. Use styles instead. TF
text rgb(x,x,x)
#xxxxxx
colorname		 Specifies the color of the text in the document. Deprecated. Use styles instead. TF
vlink rgb(x,x,x)
#xxxxxx
colorname		 Specifies the color of the visited links in the document. Deprecated. Use styles instead. TF

Standard Attributes

id, class, title, style, dir, lang, xml:lang

For a full description, go to Standard Attributes.

Event Attributes

onload, onunload, onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup

For a full description, go to Event Attributes.

Try-It-Yourself Demos

A very simple document
A very simple document, with only a minimum of tags. It demonstrates how the text inside a body element is displayed in the browser.

Background color
Adding a background color to a page.

Background image
Adding a background image to a page.

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